In the past few days, videos created by artificial intelligence have appeared online, showing dramatic scenes from the Iran-Israel conflict. These include a woman reported to be standing in front of a burning prison in Tehran and fake recordings of high-rise buildings reduced to ruins in Tel Aviv. Other invented images show an Israeli military aircraft being shot down.<\/p>\n
These clips, some of which have garnered millions of views on platforms like X and TikTok, are the latest in a growing pattern of AI-generated videos that spread during major events. Researchers at the Media Forensics Hub have informed CBS News that some of the content on X is amplified by! a coordinated network of accounts promoting Iranian opposition messages, aiming to undermine trust in the Iranian government.<\/p>\n
On Monday, Israel carried out strikes at several locations in Iran, including the infamous Evin prison. Within minutes of the attack, a video began circulating on X and other social media platforms, showing an explosion at the entrance. The video is grainy, black and white, and appears to be from a surveillance camera. However, several visual anomalies suggest that the footage was created with artificial intelligence, including the wrong sign over the door and inconsistencies with the explosion.<\/p>\n
Hany Farid, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and co-founder of the AI detection startup TREAL LABS, believes that the video may have been generated by an AI image-to-video tool. According to Farid, recent technological advancements have made it easier to create more realistic videos with simpler options, allowing for quick creation and sharing. "It was a year ago that they were able to create a single picture that was quite realistic," said Farid.<\/p>\n
Darren Linvill, co-director of the Media Forensics Hub, told CBS News that another video featuring an AI-generated reporter outside the prison is a "perfect example" of a coordinated network using AI to circulate misinformation to a wider audience. "It doesn’t do anything that couldn’t be done with earlier technology, it just makes everything cheaper, faster, and on a larger scale," said Linvill. It is not clear who is behind the videos, said Linvill.<\/p>\n
When asked about the AI-generated Iran-Israel videos on their platform, a TikTok spokesman told CBS News that the platform does not allow harmful misinformation or AI-generated content that fakes authoritative sources or crisis events and has removed some of these videos. A spokesman for X referred CBS News to their Community Notes feature and said some of the video posts generated with AI have added community notes to combat misinformation.<\/p>\n
According to Farid, one way to avoid videos generated with AI is to "stop getting your news from social media, especially when it comes to events like this."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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